Early Warning

Who is this member of the Iraqi parliament who is suing to stop Dr al-Shahristani in his tracks ? The picture at right is from Troopscoop...

It seems worth keeping a regular eye on Dr al-Shahristani's is-he-crazy-or-a-genius plan to develop a sizeable fraction of Iraq's oi...

The readership of the blog has been increasing very fast (admittedly from a miniscule base), and it occurs to me that from the perspective o...

According to the London Evening Standard Royal Bank of Scotland warned that investors expecting the imminent return of China-fuelled oil p...

Saudi Oil Production According to Various Estimates

Scanning the Iraq news quickly this morning, it looks like the negotiations to finalize the contracts for the al-Shahristani plan are proce...

The book reviews I did over the holidays ( 1 ,  2 ) were pretty fun to do, and seemed to be of value to some readers, so I've decided t...

Some people are concerned about the possibility of an asset price bubble in China. I discovered that the World Bank does quarterly reports...

Via commenter Gunter , here is the incredible Al-Jazeera report on China's empty city.